APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CHARGING MOBILE TERMINAL USING ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for charging a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- an energy harvesting device provided in shoes and generating energy generated by a movement of a human body;
a charge control module attached to trousers and controlling charging of a mobile terminal using energy harvested by the energy harvesting device; and
a resonant coil module wirelessly transmitting energy harvested by the energy harvesting device to the charge control module,wherein the resonant coil module includes a transmission resonant coil unit provided in the shoes and a reception resonant coil unit provided in the trousers, spaced apart from the transmission resonant coil unit by a predetermined distance, and magnetically coupled to the transmission resonant coil unit.
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Abstract
An apparatus for charging a mobile terminal includes an energy harvesting device provided in shoes and generating energy generated by a movement of a human body, a charge control module attached to trousers and controlling charging of a mobile terminal using energy harvested by the energy harvesting device, and a resonant coil module wirelessly transmitting energy harvested by the energy harvesting device to the charge control module, wherein the resonant coil module includes a transmission resonant coil unit provided in the shoes and a reception resonant coil unit provided in the trousers, spaced apart from the transmission resonant coil unit by a predetermined distance, and magnetically coupled to the transmission resonant coil unit.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus for charging a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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an energy harvesting device provided in shoes and generating energy generated by a movement of a human body; a charge control module attached to trousers and controlling charging of a mobile terminal using energy harvested by the energy harvesting device; and a resonant coil module wirelessly transmitting energy harvested by the energy harvesting device to the charge control module, wherein the resonant coil module includes a transmission resonant coil unit provided in the shoes and a reception resonant coil unit provided in the trousers, spaced apart from the transmission resonant coil unit by a predetermined distance, and magnetically coupled to the transmission resonant coil unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of charging a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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generating, by an energy harvesting device provided in shoes, energy generated by a movement of a human body; wirelessly transmitting, by a resonant coil module, energy harvested by the energy harvesting device, to a charge control module; and controlling, by the charge control module attached to trousers, charging of a mobile terminal using energy harvested by the energy harvesting device, wherein the resonant coil module includes a transmission resonant coil unit provided in the shoes and a reception resonant coil unit provided in the trousers, spaced apart from the transmission resonant coil unit by a predetermined distance, and magnetically coupled to the transmission resonant coil unit, a conductive thread is provided between the resonant coil module and the wireless charge module, and the conductive thread is obtained by doubling and twisting a copper wire and thread, and woven in the trousers in fabric form.
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